Intro:

(Bb,Eb)x3,f,Bb

Riff 1:              x3            x1
E|--6-6-----6--6-6-6-6--|--6-6-6-6-6--|
B|--6-6-6-6-6--8-6-8-6--|--6-6-6-6-6--|
G|------7h8----8-8-8-8--|--7-7-8-7-7--|
D|----------------------|----------8--|
A|----------------------|-------------|
E|----------------------|-------------|

Verse 1:
Bb                 Eb      Bb       Eb
Nothing they could do just sit down there
       Bb           Eb   f     Bb
As the black closed all around them
        Bb    Eb      Bb        Eb
And the water rose so quick and cold
     Bb     Eb       f      
An unlikely place to drown


Chorus:
Eb          Bb    f              Bb
Nine in the mine, trapped down below
Eb    Bb    F           Bb
Down! Down! Down in the ground
    Eb                Bb           F                Bb
And this would be the day I didn't kiss my wife goodbye
     Eb         Bb          f       Bb
Take care of my family, I'm buried alive

Verse 2:
     Bb         Eb       Bb    Eb
They held their heads up high
        Bb       Eb      f      Bb
As they strugged hard to breathe
    Bb        Eb      Bb       Eb
And asked the Lord to open his arms
        Bb         Eb     f
For the nine souls he'd receive

Chorus x1

(Bb.Eb)x3,f,Bb

Solo:
E|--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6----------------------------|
B|--8-8--6-8--6-6-6-6-6--6-6------------3-----3--3------|
G|--8-8--8-8----8--------8-7---5-5--3-5---5-3------5-3--|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

E|--6-6--6-6--6------6-6-6-6-6-------------------------|
B|--8-8--6-8--6-8-6--8-8-8-6-6--6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6---|
G|--8-8--8-8----8-8--8-8-8-8-8--5-5--5-7-7--7-8-8--10--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3:
     Bb         Eb       Bb
They lashed themselves together
Eb    Bb        Eb       f     Bb
So in Death all might be found
    Bb           Eb    Bb  Eb
And prayed there for a miracle
     Bb          Eb      f
Some twenty-four stories down 

Chorus x1

Bagpipe Lead:
  (Eb)   (Bb)       (Eb)        (f)  (Eb)   (Bb)       (f)         (Bb)
E|--15-13------------------------------15-13-----------------------------|
B|---------15--13-----13h15-13----15----------15--13-----13h15-13--------|
G|----------------15-----------15--------------------15-----------14-15--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                    ("Down, Down, Down in the ground...")